FI69105B - SAETT ATT UR METALLOXIDE HALTIGA MATERIAL UTVINNA INGAOENDE LAETTFLYKTIGA METALLER ELLER KONCENTRAT AV DESSA - Google Patents

Description

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The invention relates to a process for recovering volatile metals or their concentrates from metal oxide-containing substances, the metal oxide-containing substance being blown together with reducing agents into a coke-filled coke oven. -10 thermal energy, so that at least part of the metal content of the substance is reduced to metal and the reduced non-volatile metals and slag accumulate at the bottom of the shaft from which they are discharged.

For example, Swedish public disclosure publication 73 010 99-3 discloses metal oxide-containing substances by recovering the metal they contain by blowing the substance together with reducing agents into a coke-filled shaft while introducing thermal energy, whereby at least part of the metal content is reduced to metal and hardened to evaporate. and the slag accumulates at the bottom of the abyss, from which it can be discharged.

So far, however, there is no technical method that would allow, for example, the production of zinc, lead, sodium and potassium and other volatile metals from raw materials with a significant content of oxides of iron and other volatile metals.

This is mainly due to the fact that the first reduced metal from the volatile group 30 condenses or reoxidizes back in the known process equipment, leading to blockages or other awkward malfunctions. In practice, it has thus been found that the metals first reduced from the volatile group in conventional shafts condense at the top of the shaft at or near the loading port, leading to considerable operating disturbances. In addition, light oxidation of zinc, for example, often occurred in conventional shafts, resulting in the formation of an undesired blue fraction, which causes a rather difficult problem known to a person skilled in the art.

It has now surprisingly been found that the above-mentioned difficulties and disadvantages can be eliminated by the method proposed according to the invention, which is characterized in that the reduced volatile metals 10 in the form of metal vapors are caused to flow up through the shaft by the gas stream. is continuously maintained at a temperature above 1000 ° C, in addition to which the upper part of the shaft in which the charging opening is located is shielded from the gas stream by means of this warm coke column by continuously adjusting the level of the coke column to prevent condensation.

In this case, the advantage is overcome that the condensation of the volatile metal vapors is effectively prevented and these volatile metals can thus be taken up in an economical manner.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, coke-dried coke is used as the coke filler.

Thus, it has surprisingly been possible to avoid the above-mentioned sinus fraction formation phenomenon.

Other features of the invention will be apparent from the features set forth in the appended claims.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawing, which shows a section of a plant formed according to the invention.

In the drawing, a shaft-like reactor 1 is denoted by a coke 2 filled at the top of the reactor 1. A feed opening 3 is located above the reactor itself and is arranged to be continuously filled with coke to a predetermined level. To automatically achieve this predetermined degree of filling 35, the clock 4 of the charging port 3 3 69105 has two spaced apart level sensors 5 and 6 cooperating with a filling member not shown in the figure. From the top of the reactor 1 leaves a line 7 connected to a cooler 8.

At the bottom of the reactor 1 there is a partial feed line 9 for reducing agents and an additional supply line 10 for blowing in a metal oxide-containing substance. In addition, there is a plasma torch 11 with associated feed pipes 12. In addition, discharge devices 13 and 14 are provided for slag 10 or running metal at the bottom of the reactor 1.

As a difference from conventional plants, the coke filling in the shaft is dried coke - previously ordinary coke with a water content of up to 6% was used.

The plant described above operates as follows: A metal oxide-containing substance to be treated, containing, for example, iron and zinc oxides, is blown into the reaction zone of reactor 1, where the introduced substance and the reducing agent rapidly heat up and react to form liquid and gaseous reduction products. These comprise partially molten iron and slag (derived from slag-forming substances added or present in a metal oxide-containing substance, or a possible ash reducing agent), partly zinc vapor and a reducing gas, the composition of which depends on the reducing agent used.

The liquid reduction products accumulate at the bottom of the shaft and can be discharged from there through the landing openings 13 and 14, while the gaseous reduction products rise 30 through the shaft in the direction of the arrows A and exit through the gas line 7.

The coke in the shaft forms a permeable column through which the reaction products pass to the bottom or top of the shaft and thus has the following functions: 35 a) forms a large reaction surface 4 69105 b) recovers all passing fine-grained material c) acts as a reducing agent if necessary to ensure reducing conditions d) due to the protection of the upper part of the shaft proposed according to the invention as well as the loading opening with coke, the condensation of the rising metal vapors is also prevented.

In order to ensure the condition given in d) above, according to the invention, a continuous filling of coke is carried out through the above-mentioned level controller and, in addition, the entire coke column is kept at a temperature of about 1000 ° C and above.

Gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons as well as solid carbon can also be advantageously used as reducing agents, which can be fed either via separate nozzles or in combination with a metal oxide-containing substance or by means of plasma gas.

The reaction gas exiting the shaft is passed to a condenser 20, where it separates, and the metals contained therein condense into a flowing metal phase which can be discharged through the outlet 15. The residual gas that exits at 16 and can be used either to pre-reduce the incoming metal oxide-containing material or then for some other purpose.

To further illustrate the method proposed according to the invention, reference is made to the following example.

Example

The metal oxide-containing material for reduction was flue gas dust from electric steel furnaces and had the following composition: 43% Fe 2 O 3

26% ZnO

5% PbO

35 18% CaO

8% SiO 2 5 69105

The following consumption of reducing agent, slag former and electrical energy could be observed per tonne of flue gas dust: reducing agents: 30 kg of dried coke 90 kg of coal slag former: 50 kg SiO2 electrical energy: 1080 kWh

The following products were obtained per tonne of starting material: 330 kg of pig iron (3% C) 200 kg of zinc 45 kg of lead 3

240 Nm of reaction gas containing 65% CO

20% H2 and the remaining CO2 H2O and

340 kg of slag containing 50% CaO

40% SiO 2 io% ai2o3

The invention is, of course, not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be modified in many ways within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (6)

A process for the extraction of volatile metals or concentrates thereof from metal oxide-containing material containing them, wherein the metal oxide-containing material together with reducing agent is injected into a coke-filled shaft while simultaneously supplying heat energy, so that at least a portion of the metal content of the material is reduced. -10 is deposited in metal and the reduced volatile metals and slag are collected in the bottom of the shaft from which they are drained, while the reduced volatile metals in the form of metal vapors are caused to flow up through the shaft with the gas stream, characterized in that the part of the coke column which is passed by the gas stream continuously poured at a temperature above 1000 ° C, and that a set-up furnace in the upper part of the shaft and the largest part of the upper space of the shaft is shielded from the gas stream by the coke filling of the shaft, which is continuously poured onto it. condensation preventing degree of filling via a regulated filling g from the set-up meal, and that the metal length taken from the upper part of the shaft is led to a separating device for recovering the volatile metals in this input. 25 2. A method according to claim 1, characterized in that dried coke is used as coke filling in the shaft. Method according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the metal vapor is allowed to form oxide which is separated from the starting gas. 4. A process according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the oxide-containing material includes zinc which is reduced and recovered from the starting gas. 35